HIST 215 Final: Final Exam Study Guide- Textbook Notes:
10 Aug 2016
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In england, like the netherlands; religious divisions accentuated the struggle between absolutism and constitutionalism. There was a religious struggles between catholics and the protestants during the thirty year war(1618-1648) in central europe, that was echoed throughout the english civil war. In england, kings james 1 and charles i wanted the english church to be associated with catholicism, which would make the monarchy against parliament. This led to a constitutional crisis and the defeat&execution of. Charles i in 1649 and the fall of the monarchy which brought the glorius revolution of 1688. Amsterdam was the banking center and the first port of trade so the dutch had a golden age of it"s culture. Stuart kings vs. parliament: religious conflict lead to english civil war, which defined institutions of britain. 1)parliament: landed interests, succeed in balancing and constrainling royal authority(historically). Parliament won the english civil war, so england was constitutional monarchy. This led to the bill of rights=civil liberties of people.
